[Mplayer-advusers] New standards

Nick Kurshev nickols_k at mail.ru
Sun Dec 16 16:18:31 CET 2001


Hello, JiЬМ!

On Sun, 16 Dec 2001 13:36:25 +0100 you wrote:

> Hi,
> > 
> > > > Indeed, to implement useful standard we need in 
> > volunteers currently 
> > > > I know only two drivers: mga_vid and radeon_vid. But if 
> > someone who 
> > > > has video wil write such driver - we'll be able to implement 
> > > > something like ALVA (Advanced Linux Video Architecture).
> > > 
> > > Did you ever ask someone from the other player projects
> > > like vlc, ogle or xine ? I'm sure they are interessted too. 
> > And if we 
> > > build a standard, we should do it together.
> > > 
> > Currently I know too much different drivers:
> > marvel.sf.net - direct DVD support and MPEG2 decoding on 
> > Matrox (announced at least) linuxvideo.org - mga_vid + 
> > mgadvd(old) mplayer - another mga_vid + radeon_vid 
> > linuxconsole at sf.net - here is fbvid.h which was ignored by 
> > kernel mantainers
> 
> Look also at marvel (mga+rrg) drivers. There is mga_vid ported to v4l
> interface - so why not use v4l for this.
> Maybe it would be better to extend existing v4l interface and not create
> new one.
Try say the same to Linus T.

> At least those drivers are working for TV/video capture (so there should
> be update in FAQ).
> It also contains stuff for mgadvd module.
> 
> Look at: http://marvel.sourceforge.net/
> 
I already pointed this link above

> 			JS
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Best regards! Nick



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